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what's the proper definition of elves from a philosophical perspective? Is it dependent on written definition or public "common knowledge", does any particular source take precedence and what are the criteria for those sources to be "better" than other.
How can we understand the various historical interpretations compared to the modern interpretations?
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You just wanted an excuse to post deedlit or whatever the fuck this elf is called.
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>>18318956
Are there any series where elves have bigger boobs than humans? They are usually smaller or the same size.
The only one I know of is How not to summon a demon lord.
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>>18318956
An elf is a person who has accumulated sufficient merit through several successive reincarnations in Germanic mythology as to become a minor deity.
Tolkien turned them into a discrete race rather than a loose amalgamation of different spirits for whatever reason, and that is the iteration of elves that we see in all media now.
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>>18318956
Look into Wittgenstein’s idea of definitions denoting family resemblances



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